JFE STEEL CORPORATION vs ASSISTANT CONTROLLER OF PATENTS AND DESIGNS

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 06.05.2026 Judgment delivered on: 12.05.2026 + C.A.(COMM.IPD-PAT) 483/2022 JFE STEEL CORPORATION .....Appellant versus ASSISTANT CONTROLLER OF PATENTS AND DESIGNS .....Respondent Advocates who appeared in this case: For the Appellant: Mr. Vineet Rohilla and Mr. Ankush Verma, Advocates. For the Respondent: Mr. Rohan Jaitley CGSC with Mr. Varun Pratap Shahi and Mr. Yogya Bhatia Advocates. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE TUSHAR RAO GEDELA JUDGMENT TUSHAR RAO GEDELA, J. 1. The present appeal has been filed under Section 117A(2) of the Patents Act, 1970 (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”) assailing the order dated 14.07.2022 passed by the Assistant Controller of Patents & Designs (hereinafter referred to as “learned Controller”) refusing the Indian patent application bearing no. 610/DELNP/2015 (hereinafter referred to as “subject application”), under Section 10(4)(a) read with Section 10(4)(c) of the Act. 2. The subject application was filed on 23.01.2015 as a National Phase Application out of PCT International Application No. PCT/JP2013/070186 filed on 25.07.2013. This PCT International application claims priority from Signature Not Verified By:YASHRAJ C.A.(COMM.IPD-PAT) 483/2022 Page 1 of 10 Digitally Signed Signing Date:12.05.2026 17:16:56 JP Patent Application no. 2012-165519 dated 26.07.2012. 3. The Patent Office issued the First Examination Report (hereinafter referred to as “FER”) on 13.05.2019, wherein the respondent raised objections on the grounds of lack of inventive step, lack of sufficiency of disclosure, clarity and conciseness, definitiveness and other requirements. On 08.11.2019, the appellant filed a reply alongwith the amended claims to address the objections raised in the FER. 4. The hearing n